Gongol.com Archives: November 2020

Brian Gongol


November 27, 2020

Health Customers are turning against scented candles

It's not because the candles have gone bad. It's because so many people have lost their sense of smell due to Covid-19 that they're not registering the change when buying aromatic wax. If we're not going to get massive daily testing for this dreadful virus, we should make everyone pass a scratch-and-sniff test before entering any public place -- unless they can document that they've passed an antibody test.

Business and Finance I have a joke about Milton Friedman...

...but if I gave it away you wouldn't appreciate it.

Humor and Good News When 3D printing comes to the grocery store

Will we demand anatomically-correct Thanksgiving turkeys?

Science and Technology Don't fight with ghosts

Sage advice from Arthur Brooks: "[M]ake a commitment never to engage with others when they are anonymous online. Social media companies might or might not ultimately require people to reveal their identities before participating, but even if they don't, you don't have to engage..."


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